Example sentences of "[adj] at [art] thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ronni took a mouthful of her drink , suddenly dry-mouthed at the thought of that . |
| 2 | He had looked very grave at the thought of all those rotting star fruit , those superannuated pies and fizzing yoghurts . |
| 3 | He felt embarrassed at the thought of walking among the men , assessing them as though they were cattle in an auction market . |
| 4 | I could not write anything here yesterday because I was too desolate at the thought that I could hot come and talk to you . |
| 5 | Robbie bristled indignantly , the more so because she had felt strangely bereft at the thought of being without his company . |
| 6 | Everything became one long dreary goodbye as parents came to thank Cassie for all she had done for their children , and the children themselves became sad and fretful at the thought that soon Cassie would no longer be their teacher . |
| 7 | Hughes readily admits to being something of a sexual tearaway but he is uncomfortable at the thought of superseding Michael Ignatieff as the thinking woman 's crumpet . |
| 8 | Where once she had been desperate not to miss Johnny , now it seemed that she was fearful at the thought of meeting him . |
| 9 | But Sir George , as Roland had calculated , was more alarmed at the thought of pilgrimages of Leonora Stern than aware of the possibilities of Cropper and Blackadder . |
| 10 | He was not the most welcoming of hosts , alarmed at the thought of what one thousand men and horses could do to his winter 's supplies and forage ; but at least he could tell them that a large mounted party had indeed passed this way two days previously and had turned off out of this main Yarrow valley southwards , to climb by Altrieve to the high pass of Tushielaw , which would take them to the Ettrick valley . |
| 11 | Both sisters looked alarmed at the thought of possible further deterioration . |
| 12 | ‘ Go after her , of course ! ’ answered Ethel , delighted at the thought of the praise they would get when they revealed Mildred 's wicked behaviour . |
| 13 | They laughed , delighted at the thought of such wonders . |
| 14 | ‘ But we 're delighted at the thought of his being head boy here . ’ |
| 15 | In fact , as we now make plans to go home , we are sad at the thought of leaving this country and the people we 've met . |
| 16 | Although I am still nervous at the thought of doing a talk in front of strangers , once I get going I enjoy every minute of it . |
| 17 | There is a limit to the quantity of any one particular food you can eat , and continue to eat without other foods , before beginning to feel bored with it and then almost sick at the thought of it . |
| 18 | She was feeling rather sick at the thought of drowning in the creeping , sucking mess . |
| 19 | She ate a solitary breakfast in the hotel dining-room , turning down the waitress 's offer of bacon and eggs with as much grace as she could muster , feeling faintly sick at the thought of food . |
| 20 | She felt sick at the thought . |
| 21 | I did look at the stripogram group because I was so horrified at the thought that they might do it again . |
| 22 | But Guy Tamplin , who runs a special quarantine kennel in Gloucestershire is horrified at the thought of the law being changed . |
| 23 | He was mounted on a chestnut thoroughbred who was already becoming over-excited at the thought of the day ahead . |
| 24 | He 's holding his hand out to me , yelling at me , but I 'm stuck there , terrified , screaming , and I do n't know what to do , ca n't think what to do , even while he 's yelling at me to help him , come out to him , get a branch , but I 'm petrified at the thought of setting foot on that white , treacherous surface and I ca n't imagine finding a branch , ca n't think what to do as I look one way towards the tall trees above the hidden gorge and the other along the shore of the loch towards the boat-house but there are no branches , there 's only snow everywhere , and then Andy stops struggling and slips under the whiteness . |
| 25 | Patrice Orfilat , a fearful , whimpering wretch bearing a grudge against Thorez whom , he assumes , had prevented him from being nominated as a PCF candidate for the 1936 elections , petrified at the thought of war and his own death , attempts to find a job in the Foreign Affairs Ministry , and is ultimately disdainfully rebuffed by an orthodox party member unperturbed by the Nazi-Soviet pact . |
| 26 | LIKE any little boy , Christopher Hood was thrilled at the thought of seeing DisneyWorld . |
| 27 | Arune is a great hand-knitter and she was really thrilled at the thought of learning to use the machine . |
| 28 | She was the first girl , and Mrs Malloy was thrilled at the thought of spoiling her rotten . |
| 29 | Election Focus The Voters : After a draw a rematch Many people are unhappy at the thought of a hung Parliament . |
| 30 | The senator , ever affable , seemed unworried at the thought of taking the Maggot into polite society . |